The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-23

AOhA Vi AOO 0aNA az N@SA SOAANA Va gnOU
section is a mound and post with the NUM-
Der of township. range and section marked
on it. Half way between these corners is q
smaller mound and post marking the quar-
ter section. (See section ~. Sections f6
and SO in every township are reserved for
the school funa of each state. In Dakota
the estimated value of che land reServed for
school purposes is $25, 600. 900 at present
THE EXPERIENCE OF A SETTLER
seeking a homestead is interesting as well
as illustrative Of our recent methods Of sub
DUNG wild land and establishing perma-
nent settlers thereon. The intended settler
is carried to the West in an immigrant
sleeper, a Pullman car, or coHlmon coach, as
the length of his purse permits He lands
at the seat of the United States local land
ofsce, and promptly applies TO the register OF
that office for a tract of vacant government
land If he has no particular locality in
view, the register quickly opens a book of
township plats and turns to a township all
or partly vacant. He picks up a blank plat
and marks the tracts vacant, giving the
number of the township and range. He
briefly recites the character of the soil, tine
topography, the present settlement, If any,
the distance from a railroad, or river the ex-
istence of streams of water, wood and coal
He advises the newcomer how he can find the
township in question and possibly gives him
a note to some neighborng pioneer who will
gladly pilot him to the exact spot When in
the township he can readily, with the paper
plat, find the corners of one or more sections.
The marks on the stakes correspond with
the numbers on the plat, and a minimum
amount of gumption will enable him to pick
out his quarter section 160 acresl If he likes
the lay of the land, Returning to the land
office he shows his plat, with the quarter
marked that he has decided to a He
signs an application describing the land, and
subscr1bes to an affidavit that he takes it for
his own use INT has never made a prior
entry under the homestead laws He pays
for this entry $I4, and secures q receipt ae
kn~owledging the payment and describing
the land entered II ready to go to work.
the claimant proceeds to build a house; II
poor,
BE BUILDS A SHACK.
A sshack. is the trans-Mississippi name tor
cabin. If the location occurs in the spring
the homesteader breaks tplows) ten, thirty
or forty acres Of the virgin prairie, and puts
in a sod crop of grain and garden truck,
This crop is not a paying one as a rule. IL
is, however, sufficient to feed the FAMILY for
six months or a year. The following season
the broken ground is in condition for a good
crop, and barring the usual m~isfcrtunes Of q
farmers experience, he reaps a good harvest
He begins the third year with the idea OF
making someUhing-putting himself on his
feet. After five years residence n culti-
walton the settler, with two witnesses. can
appear at the land office and prove the facts
He paws S4 more fees, and IN due time gets
a patent for his land G~onclusiyely the land
system of the United States is a powerful in
hpenae in the Institutional life of the West
ern states and territories. 1t must found
happy homes. make good citizens and spread
Z partial liking for the general government
MORN LAND WANTED.
Only eighty-three years ago the Louisiana
purchase, nearly eight hundred million acres,
was added to the public domain. 1t, as well
as the older Northwest territory, is practi-
caIly taxed up At most there is only q
fraction of it left If a very few millions OF
people, before the age of steam invention.
can Increase and subdue so much territory
at such a rate, what viii co. 900 of peo-
ple. starting with steam and electricity and
100000 inventions at their command, do
the coming century. Prof John Fiske
places our population at the end of the
twentieth century between six and seven
hundred million. Clearly Nordhoff is right
What we want for the future is MOI hSore
people bat more land He doesn't tell mis-
SON. however, where we are TO find it. He
saws ii is not in populated countries, in
Cuba. San Domingo or Mexico, n leaves
the lad in the dark. He might have TOLD
HIM it was north OF the forty-ninth parallel
and west Of Lake Winnipeg and Hudson's
bav. / add this note from the veteran consul
in the service of the United States at Winni-
neg: aThe Canadian province of Manitoba
and the districts of Assinaboine. Saskatche-
wan. Alberta inc Athahasca, extending in .
general northwestern direction from the
/ Red River valley TO the Peace river in lati-
tude so deg. constitutes in the languages o.
your note geographically and practically 8
country like Northern Dakota and Northern
Montana and equally capable Of supportine
a like class of people My best generaliza-
ton and illustration of this statement viii
be- TO group
TWO GRAND DIVISIONS OF TERRITORY
separated by the international boundary
line and resting eastward on the great IN.
land lakes Of She 81 Lawrence, and west.
ward on the Rocky mountains. refer K
the American states Of Michigan. Wisconsin.
Minnesota. Dakota and Montana. and tht
Canadian provinces, present anu prospect
i've. Of Manitoba. Assinaboine. Saskatche-
wan, Alberta and Athabasca. Thisi mmens
region northwest Of Detroit and Chicago
capable Of the highest possible DEVELOPMENT
of modern civilizations, is divided almost
equally between the United States and Can
ada annex q comparative statement o.
area ia square miles.
Michigan 49,. 56,451l Manitoba 80. 125, 39t
Wisconsin. 33s924lAssinabOine 4. 80. eat
Minnesota. -. 3.531lSaskatehewan 11A.O0
i Dakota. ........ 1911, 932lAiherta ..s.... .10O.00(
+ NFD,fo,n %If% ~-EfA4ha h4na aoas .ac
\ IAetSl4l& ..s-~~s& 4sf - 1ASiNWSa1Sasss gssA @@sVON
Total. ..... .49O.6I48 TotaI.....5 $50. 300
Here then is LOAF. OO4 square miles Of The
north temperate zone of North America,